John Munson/The Star-LedgerDustin Johnson shot lights out in the third round to storm back into contention.

Looks like the whole bunker thing is behind Dustin Johnson.

After starting the day at 2-under, Johnson stormed back up the leaderboard behind a 7-under third round. He flew through all 18 without a single bogey and drilled an eagle on the par-5 13th.

"Any time you can play this golf course with no bogeys, you're doing pretty good," Johnson said.

His trademark massive drives were somewhat contained during the first two days when Johnson was bogged down with a cold, and a soaking wet golf course that didn't carry his ball the way a dry course normally would.

"I definitely needed sunshine," Johnson said.

But today, Johnson was able to see more of the course, especially on the 13th, a hole he's tried to reach in two a few times so far at The Barclays.

"Thirteen, I finally hit the fairway on that hole and got it down there. Got 280 to the hole and hit 3-wood, hit a great 3-wood to the left of the flag to about 15, or 20 feet," Johnson said.

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It was easy to tell from the first shot, this wasn't the round Tiger Woods was looking for.

Off the first hole, Woods shanked his drive way down the left side, over the trees and the fence into the parking lot behind the media center. Woods would hit a provisional, then struggle to even get to the flag. The triple bogey took him from 4-under to start the day all the way back to 1-under.

Woods then bogeyed the ninth hole to fall to even. A birdie on 13th was his only solace as he now sits in a tie for 44th after leading the tournament just two days ago.

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Currently atop the leaderboard is the Scotsman Martin Laird and the Australian Jason Day. Laird started out on fire, making birdie on four of his first five holes while Day remained in contention after starting the day in the lead. Both are at 11-under.